Pakenham Papers at the National Maritime Museum

PKM/1

PKM/1/1

Service papers and certificates, 1884-1902.

PKM/1/2

Share receipts for the purchase of a share of ARIEL, 1892-1894.

PKM/1/3

Operational, technical and tactical reports. Copy reports by Pakenham, with covering letters, correspondence and memoranda between Pakenham, colleagues and the Admiralty, discussing matters including precautions against sinking, gunnery strategies, supply and comments on the Committee of Imperial Defence, 1902-1903.

PKM/1/4

Orders on control of fire, relates to HMS ALBION, [1902].

PKM/1/5

Photograph of Pakenham's naval colleague, initials B.G.F, with good will message on reverse, 1894.

PKM/2

PKM/2/1

Reports by Pakenham in his role as naval attache, Russo-Japanese War, includes Japanese naval establishments, fleet activities, naval strategies, the Russian naval presence in area, accounts and track charts of Battle of Port Arthur, 10 Aug 1904 and Battle of Tsushima, 27 May 1905, which Pakenham witnessed from HMIS ASAHI, dated 1904-1905.

PKM/3

PKM/3/1

Reports on Armenian massacres of Apr-May 1909. Reports to naval superiors regarding the intervention of HMS TRIUMPH, which Pakenham captained. Letter of congratulation, 1909.

PKM/3/2

Letters from local population in Antioch and around, pleading for protection from the Turks, 1909. Includes printed report of recent events, dated 13 May 1909.

PKM/3/3

Correspondence between Pakenham (from HMS TRIUMPH), with naval superiors and British diplomats relating to the Greek Uprising of Oct-Nov 1909, dated 1909-1910.

PKM/3/4

Letter of appreciation to Pakenham from Barnaby Moltino, on Moltino's leaving HMS ANTRIM, dated 19 February but the year is uncertain.

PKM/5

PKM/5/1

Correspondence and reports, 1915-1922. Includes correspondence on Russo-Japanese war, 1920; track chart of HMS ANTRIM, 1915; letter to the Battle Cruise Force regarding their dispersal, 1919.

PKM/5/2

Correspondence between Pakenham and the Admiralty about perceived injustice of half pay, invitation to speak at Eton College, dated 1918-1919.

PKM/5/3

Letter from O. Lymington, United States navy, dated 15 Dec 1921, enclosing photostat of signatures of admirals, commodores and captains of the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland.

PKM/5/4

Photographs of visit of HMS RALEIGH to Washington, USA, 1922.

PKM/5/5

Letter from Walter H. Long, 9 Mar 1921.

PKM/5/6

Photocopy of letter from Robert M. Thompson, US Navy, 4 Feb 1922.

PKM/5/7

Letter from Lord Lee, First Lord of the Admiralty to Pakenham, concerning Pakenham's visit to North America, 1 May 1922.

PKM/5/8

Correspondence, blue prints and report concerning salvaging operations on the wreck of HMS RALEIGH, August 1922.

PKM/5/9

Letter and newspaper cuttings relating to Pakenham's visit to Cuba, as Commander in Chief, North America and West Indies Station,1922.

PKM/5/10

Letter and telegram: The letter is from Winston Churchill, requesting Pakenham's permission to publish some remarks Pakenham had made concerning Beatty. The telegram is Pakenham's reply, January 1923.

PKM/5/11

Correspondence from Beatty to Pakenham, initially concerning volunteers for a 'special volunteer force'. The post war letters concern victory celebrations and parades.

PKM/5/12

Letter to Pakenham (author uncertain), relating to the damage inflicted on various German battleships at Jutland, May 1933.

PKM/5/13

Small black and white photograph of HMS RALEIGH aground, 1921.

PKM/5/14

Letter concerning Washington Naval Treaty of 1921. Author and addresse are uncertain.

PKM/5/15

Letter to Pakenham from Lord Geddes, British Embassy, Washington, relating to the Washington Naval Treaty of 1921.